Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 48 Once you're hooked, how can you ever quit?

While communicating with Chu Zihang, Lu Mingfei also had to ensure that his training intensity did not decrease.

One warning is nothing, but the maximum number of warnings for a single schedule is only ten, so he has to leave himself a few as a precaution.

In this situation, the efficiency of communication is undoubtedly extremely low, and Lu Mingfei, who is distracted by communication, can no longer maintain the operation of "memorizing physics formulas and laws" or "thinking about problem-solving ideas," which would be equivalent to doing three things at once!
Therefore, by 6 PM, when the basketball practice program ended, the physics proficiency was still 96/100.

Lu Mingfei gets very anxious whenever he sees, or even just thinks about, the data that's only four points short.

He had the feeling of a fisherman fishing, with crystal-clear water and a huge fish visibly hovering near his hook, its mouth no more than four centimeters from the bait—

Even though everyone knows the big fish won't escape sooner or later, who wouldn't be anxious in this situation?
So he proved a point with his actions.

When people are pushed to the limit, they're capable of anything!
……

A hazy white mist floated in the air, and the stuffy heat was filled with a strange mix of various shower gels and body odors.

The shower rooms in the Qingning Basketball Gymnasium are a series of small, interconnected cubicles with doors. In one of these cubicles, Chu Zihang closed his eyes.

His post-workout shower follows a set procedure, unique to the physique of mixed-race individuals, a process akin to forging iron—

The strict three-minute intervals—one minute with hot water, one minute with cold water, and one minute with warm water—serve to promote sweating, shrink pores, and wash away dirt, respectively.

He was so rigorous and rigid that he resembled a medieval ascetic.

Chu Zihang didn't actually like hardship, but he had to maintain a perfect, machine-like precision. A machine would rust if it relaxed, and then it would be unable to slay gods anymore.

Next door, Lu Mingfei, exhausted and delirious, was trying to recall formulas while being rinsed with hot water.

I clearly memorized the formula beforehand! How come I forgot it after playing basketball for three hours and can't remember it all at once?
Lu Mingfei no longer cared about factors such as brain hypoxia caused by strenuous exercise leading to a decline in memory and thinking ability. He just felt like he was about to lose the knowledge he had already acquired, and even began to panic.

At this rate, won't your proficiency level decrease instead of increase?
He felt as if the big fish that was about to be hooked was getting further away from the bait... and his heart almost stopped.

Just then, he suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Wait a minute, I'm not alone. If all else fails, I can ask for "outside help" to use a net!
So he spoke up, "Senior brother, do you still remember the formulas for self-induced electromotive force and alternating electromotive force?"

Next door, Chu Zihang, who was going through a meticulous bathing process, paused.

For a cold-faced, icy killer like him, who could remain unmoved even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, or if a deer ran past on his left without blinking, such a reaction was quite reasonable.

After all, who would suddenly ask a college student who has already completed a semester of university about physics formulas?
Fortunately, Chu Zihang is a true academic genius.

If that incident hadn't happened back then, with his grades, he would definitely have been admitted to Tsinghua or Peking University through a special admission program.

Moreover, mixed-race individuals generally have stronger memories than ordinary people, ensuring that he won't experience an exponential decline in his mental knowledge after the college entrance examination, unlike many high school students.

By the time the two-month-long holiday is over and university starts, those people will basically be college students with clear eyes.

After a moment's thought, Chu Zihang gave his answer.

Chu Zihang originally thought that this was just Lu Mingfei's "spur-of-the-moment idea," or as the saying goes, "a sudden lapse of judgment."

Boys often do this: suddenly asking a completely unrelated question, or walking down the street and suddenly jumping up to shoot a basket in mid-air...

But he soon realized he was wrong.

This answer was like stirring up a hornet's nest. Lu Mingfei, as if grasping at a lifeline, relentlessly bombarded him with questions about physics formulas and laws!
"Senior, you're awesome! What's the formula for inductive and capacitive capacitance?"

"Wow, and there's also the period frequency of the oscillation circuit..."

"That, the photoelectric effect equation..."

Chu Zihang answered each question in turn, even having to delay his shower time because of it.

Originally, because this was a public shower room, there were some middle-aged men who came to play ball and members of the school team, so there were some other conversations.

Things like "What should we eat later?" or "I saw a really pretty girl today," or "My halftime shot was awesome!" or "You were just blind, it was pure luck!"

But as Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang began their question-and-answer session, seemingly oblivious to everyone else, the other voices gradually faded away.

The middle-aged man thought of his own brat who skipped school all day to play video games, and compared it to other people's kids who were asking about formulas even while taking a bath! No way, he'd better go back and find a reason to give him a good beating.

The team members, thinking of those unfamiliar symbols and formulas that looked like gibberish, felt as if a strange pressure was looming over the bathroom.

Some people were still unconvinced and were muttering, "What are these two showing off for? This is a basketball court, let's have a basketball game if we're so good." But others pulled them aside and said that they seemed to have seen that person when they came in. It was Chu Zihang from Shilan Middle School, the star center of the city basketball team back then. They couldn't beat him in basketball...

Now nobody said anything—isn't this bullying an honest person?

With the [Stamina Recovery] effect continuing, Lu Mingfei's brain finally returned to normal working efficiency. Although he wasn't quite able to enter a "flow" state while showering, his memory and comprehension efficiency had finally improved.

After inadvertently inflicting a psychological blow on everyone else, Lu Mingfei finally saw something to his delight—

Through diligent study, your [Physics] level has improved, gaining 1 proficiency point.

[Physics LV0 - Proficiency 97/100]

Nice!!!

Lu Mingfei almost jumped for joy; his guess had been confirmed!

Sure enough, studying during the rest of the planned time is feasible! Although it's much slower and feels much more grueling than following a normal schedule... my proficiency has indeed increased, even if it's only by 1 point!
In the past, Lu Mingfei might have felt that gaining proficiency in this way was incredibly slow, but now he only felt that it was hard-won... The hard-earned extra effort had finally paid off.

The big fish was only three centimeters away from biting the hook!
Lu Mingfei became increasingly anxious.

[Warning, one minute countdown...]

He quickly dried himself off and changed his clothes. "Let's go, senior brother, shall we eat?"

"What do you want to eat?" Chu Zihang asked.

With his mind filled with formulas, Lu Mingfei blurted out instinctively, "Photon energy?"

Chu Zihang remained silent for a moment.

The formula for calculating photon energy is "energy equals Planck's constant multiplied by the photon frequency." In fact, any material will absorb photons under certain conditions, but to say that it can "eat" photons to survive...

"First, you have to transform yourself into an ideal black body."

Chu Zihang "tactfully" advised, "Before that, it would be better if we ate some food from the normal diet of carbon-based organisms."

……

Lu Mingfei certainly cannot transform himself into an ideal black body, at least not now.

So they went to a regular home-style restaurant, ordered food, and ate.

During this process, Chu Zihang looked up several times at Lu Mingfei across from him, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

This is also inconsistent with his usual behavior.

Chu Zihang, who strictly controls the time even when taking a bath, naturally wouldn't slack off when it comes to eating. He usually devours his food as quickly as possible, completely ignoring everything else... Anyway, the mixed-race physique means there's no need to worry about indigestion.

The reason for his unusual behavior was quite simple—after leaving the Qingning Basketball Gymnasium, Lu Mingfei had a copy of "A Summary Handbook of Physics Formulas and Laws" in his hand, and he never left or closed it again!

Even now, Lu Mingfei hasn't stopped; his eyes are almost glued to the manual, and he doesn't even look at what food he's picked up.

Chu Zihang watched as he stuffed a piece of ginger that looked like a chicken leg into his mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and then swallowed it!
This goes beyond the realm of whether or not one tries hard enough; to put it bluntly, Chu Zihang felt that Lu Mingfei was "obsessed."

But he didn't deliberately interrupt. Instead, he waited until Lu Mingfei's expression brightened, and he finally put away the manual and began to eat quickly before speaking softly.

“Learning like this is very inefficient. If you need it, I can provide tutoring or help you find a private tutor.”

"Ah? No need, no need! Senior brother, I am just..."

Lu Mingfei snapped out of his daze, forced down the food in his mouth, and grinned.

"I know this is inefficient, so I won't do it this way again. I'm just a little anxious right now... just a temporary burst of confidence. Men have their days, so don't worry, senior brother!"

After saying that, Lu Mingfei continued to wolf down his food. He was delighted with the little bit of proficiency he had gained and felt full of energy.

[Physics LV0 - Proficiency 98/100]!
It's almost 2 o'clock, and dinner time is almost over, but there are still three hours of gym time left!

There's still time, even with this ridiculously low efficiency, it's definitely not too late. I'm sure I can grind this physics course to the next level today!
Chu Zihang didn't speak again; he silently stared at Lu Mingfei.

For some reason, although Lu Mingfei spoke very casually and confidently, he had a feeling that this kind of behavior might become Lu Mingfei's norm in the future...

Once you're hooked, how can you possibly quit?

What motivates Lu Mingfei to work so hard?

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